Carlos Ortiz to be arraigned May 27 on new murder charge

Carlos Ortiz, one of former Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez's alleged accomplices in the Odin Lloyd homicide case, is scheduled to be arraigned May 27 on a new murder charge, according to court records.

FALL RIVER — Carlos Ortiz, one of former Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez’s alleged accomplices in the Odin Lloyd homicide case, is scheduled to be arraigned May 27 on a new murder charge, according to court records.

Ortiz, 27, of Bristol, Connecticut; and Ernest Wallace, 45, of Miramar, Florida, were indicted last month on murder charges stemming from the June 2013 fatal shooting of Lloyd, 27, of Dorchester in the North Attleborough Industrial Park.

Ortiz and Wallace were previously charged with accessory to murder after the fact, and both are currently being held on $500,000 cash bail. A new arraignment date has not yet been set for Wallace. Ortiz will be arraigned in Fall River Superior Court.

Prosecutors have said that Hernandez, 24, orchestrated Lloyd’s murder after a disagreement the two men had a few nights earlier at a Boston nightclub. Prosecutors said Hernandez called Ortiz and Wallace from Bristol, Connecticut, to meet him at his North Attleborough home on June 17, 2013. They then picked up Lloyd in Dorchester and drove to the industrial park.

Court documents indicate that surveillance footage shows the three men leaving the industrial park a few minutes later without Lloyd, whose body was discovered the next morning. Lloyd had been shot five times with a .45-caliber handgun, which to date has not been recovered.

Meanwhile, Hernandez — who is charged with murder and firearms offenses and is being held without bail at the Bristol County House of Correction in Dartmouth — was indicted last week on additional criminal charges stemming from allegations that he assaulted an inmate on Feb. 25 and threatened a correctional officer and his family last November. Hernandez will be arraigned on those charges at a later date in Fall River Superior Court.